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Managing for a worry-free retirement.

Managing For A Worry-Free Retirement East Bay Business Times A million dollars may have sufficed for our parents to maintain their standard of living in retirement. As baby boomers we will need millions to achieve a financially secure retirement. Many successful San Francisco Bay Area families earn incomes well into the six and even seven figures. This income … Read more

Transitioning from CEO to Retiree: Why You Need a 5-Year Plan

Transitioning from CEO to Retiree: Why You Need a 5-Year Plan 3 Steps You Can Take Now to Realize Your Goal  By:  Haitham “Hutch” Ashoo, CEO of Pillar Wealth Management, Jim Kohles, CPA with RINA, and John Hartog with Hartog & Baer Trust and Estate Today’s 50-something CEOs tend to have vague dreams of more … Read more

CEOs need techniques for cashing out.

CEOs Need Techniques For Cashing Out Wealth management is all about making smart decisions with our wealth in order to achieve all that is important to us. We would argue that wealth in itself isn’t enough to help us achieve our goals and dreams. We must be proactive in managing the taxation, investing as well … Read more

How to Ensure Divorce Won’t Wipe You Out Financially

How to Ensure Divorce Won’t Wipe You Out Financially As More Older Couples Call It Quits, 3 Experts Share Tips for Protecting Yourself Written by Haitham “Hutch” Ashoo Along with all of its other unfortunate consequences, divorce can be so financially devastating for both spouses, sometimes neither ever recovers. This poses a special problem for … Read more

Lessons from famous large estate disasters

Lessons from famous large estate disasters By Hutch Ashoo & Christopher Snyder At A Glance STRATEGIES FOR FAMILIES WORTH $5 MILLION TO $500 MILLION 7 Secrets To High Net Worth Investment Management, Estate, Tax and Financial Planning The insights you’ll discover from our published book will help you integrate a variety of wealth management tools … Read more

Investors, advisers both make mistakes

Investors, Advisers Both Make Mistakes By Hutch Ashoo & Christopher Snyder Several years ago Dalbar published a shocking study of investor behavior titled “Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior.” In 2005, Morningstar, the most widely followed mutual fund evaluation service, published its own study of investor behavior and how it affected investors’ rates of return. What … Read more

Right strategies can help lower taxes.

Right Strategies Can Help Lower Taxes As top wealth managers we know many very high-end professionals such as CPAs, M&As and attorneys. In this article we will share some strategies that can be utilized by the ultra wealthy to lower overall tax rates. We will also cover topics like family foundations and consolidating liquid family wealth — … Read more

What you should know about family wealth

What You Should Know About Family Wealth At A Glance • Substantial family wealth is completely depleted by the third generation 90 percent of the time • Private family foundations are a great tool to make a difference and involve your loved ones in causes that are near and dear to your heart • Communication … Read more

What to do about your January portfolio disaster

What To Do About Your January Portfolio Disaster Stories Told from Experience Things to ponder Although the overall news is bad we wouldn’t be writing about this if we didn’t have something of value for you. Let us start with the bad news. As of this writing, Jan. 23, 2008, the S&P 500 is down … Read more

How to make wealth management expertise pay off for you.

How To Make Wealth Management Expertise Pay Off For You For a year we have written articles on wealth management. Our goal is to provide powerful real life scenarios with actual issues and challenges. Some stories were of financial disasters and others were of financial successes. Either way, we want you to learn from what … Read more